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The Hope Alliance sees clear path to helping more kids
By Jonathan Herrera
April 25, 2025
Park City-based nonprofit Hope Alliance now has a larger footprint in Park City schools — allowing the organization to serve more kids with vision essentials.
Established over 25 years ago, the organization is dedicated to providing vision care to underserved communities worldwide. Its international reach touches countries such as Uganda, Guatemala and Mexico.
Locally the organization has two vision clinics: one in Park City, at the peoples health clinic, and the other in Moab where they have had an ongoing program with the Grand County School District.
Night Vision fundraiser helps The Hope Alliance celebrate its 25th anniversary
By Scott Iwasaki
August 16, 2024
The Hope Alliance has something big to celebrate for its 25th anniversary.
The nonprofit that provides sustainable support to underserved communities by providing vision care and eyeglasses has sold out its Night Vision fundraiser that is scheduled for Friday, Aug. 23, at the Pendry Plaza at Canyons Village.
“We sold out three weeks after tickets went on sale,” said Associate Executive Director Stacey Lipton. “It’s been wonderful to have that type of support from the community.”
Although the event is sold out, people who weren’t able to register can still participate and support the organization online, according to Lipton.
Hope Alliance focuses on vision care
By Don Rogers
December 8, 2023
One by one, preschool children at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Park City held hands with an adult and trundled wide-eyed into a classroom set up to test their vision.
They didn’t know this, of course, only that the grownups awaiting them seemed friendly. Each in their turn sat small in a chair as a young woman kneeled next to them with a chart of shapes.
“What’s this?”
“Apple,” the child declared.
“Good! And this?”
“Casa!”
And some others they didn’t have names for.
“That’s a square,” the volunteer said.
Hope Alliance opens vision centers in Park City, Moab, breaks ground on one in Africa
By Don Rogers
October 20, 2023
Hope Alliance, a nonprofit humanitarian organization that provides vision care in Utah and worldwide, announced the grand opening of the Hope Alliance Vision Center in Park City at People’s Health Clinic, 650 Round Valley Drive. It is open to uninsured individuals of all ages.
Also this year, Hope Alliance opened the Hope Alliance Vision Center in Moab, open to uninsured and underinsured individuals of all ages.
On the other side of the world, Hope Alliance, in partnership with The Kellermann Foundation and the Bwindi Community Hospital, is celebrating the groundbreaking of a permanent vision center in Bwindi, Uganda.
Hope Alliance Vision Centers offer comprehensive eye care services, including eye exams, prescription glasses, and medical referrals. The centers also provide vision education and outreach programs to the community.
Park City nonprofit resumes international vision clinics
By Toria Barnhart
July 6, 2022
A local nonprofit dedicated to providing vision for all will resume overseas expeditions this summer for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic began – and Parkites are invited.
Hope Alliance, an organization that strives to provide vision care and eyeglasses for people worldwide, is seeking volunteers for three projects in Latin America and Africa later this year. The first vision expedition, scheduled for August, will benefit people living in the remote regions of Panajachel, Guatemala near Lake Atitlan.
For Dell Fuller, the board chair of Hope Alliance, it’s exciting to get back into international humanitarian work after three years.
Fuller became involved with the Park City nonprofit – founded in 2001 – over a decade ago. He was seeking new ways to become involved in the community when he was asked to go on a vision expedition with Hope Alliance. The invitation came at the right time in Fuller’s life.
